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[PATCH] bnxt_en: initialize rc to zero to avoid returning garbage

From: Colin King <hidden>
Date: 2016-07-08 15:43:34
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Subsystem: broadcom bnxt_en 50 gigabit ethernet driver, networking drivers, the rest · Maintainers: Michael Chan, Pavan Chebbi, Andrew Lunn, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds

From: Colin Ian King <redacted>

rc is not initialized so it can contain garbage if it is not
set by the call to bnxt_read_sfp_module_eeprom_info. Ensure
garbage is not returned by initializing rc to 0.

Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
index 0f7dd86..64466f5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
@@ -1684,7 +1684,7 @@ static int bnxt_get_module_eeprom(struct net_device *dev,
 {
 	struct bnxt *bp = netdev_priv(dev);
 	u16  start = eeprom->offset, length = eeprom->len;
-	int rc;
+	int rc = 0;
 
 	memset(data, 0, eeprom->len);
 
-- 
2.8.1
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